Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello Food Plate

The first food pyramid was introduced in 1992 by the USDA, which replaced it now with MyPlate (see below).

Below is the new MyPlate. It shows a plate with the recommended distribution of different nutrients. In my opinion, the plate is much easier to understand than the pyramid as it shows you what your plate should look like. One only wonders if the powerful US dairy industry shoehorned in "Dairy" as being separate from "Protein".

USDA Ditches Food Pyramid for a Food Plate | Geekosystem

Genetically Modified Cows produce "Human" Breast Milk

Scientists from he China Agricultural University have introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Using cloning technology, scientists brought human genes into the DNA of Holstein dairy cows before genetically-modified embryos were implanted into surrogate cows.

So far, the Chinese scientists successfully created cows that contains human milk proteins lysozyme, lactoferrin, and alpha-lactalbumin. It might take more than ten years until this cow-produced human milk will be commercially available.

Read full article here: Scientists Genetically Modify Cows to Produce 'Human' Milk

Chocolate Rare in Twenty Years?

The human race is consuming more cocoa than is being produced. Within the next twenty years, chocolate might become as rare and expensive as caviar. The cacao plant can only be grown within ten degrees of the equator and is difficult to harvest. Scientists recently completed sequencing the genome of cacao which might now be used to create more resilient cacao plants.


Article in the Independent.co.uk

Chocolate Rare in Twenty Years? | Geekosystem